Definition of SINCE

since

Adv

  • From a specified time in the past.

Prep

  • From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred.
  • Continuously during that period of time.
  • From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred.
  • At certain points during that period of time.

Conj

  • From the time that.
  • Because.
  • When or that.

Adverb

  • From a particular time in the past until the present.

Examples

  • A short/long time since
  • I have loved you since I first met you.
  • I met him last year, but haven't seen him since.
  • I'd been working since six o’clock, and I was getting tired.
  • I'd known her only since the previous year, so from/since the moment we got married we’ve quarrelled.
  • I've known her since I've lived in her street, but I've not seen her out of the house since her husband died.
  • Since his last big win, he’s been unbeatable at Words With Friends.
  • Since you didn't call, we left without you.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English syns, synnes, contraction of earlier sithens, sithence, from sithen (“after, since”) ( + -s, adverbial genitive suffix), from Old English sīþþan, from the phrase sīþ þǣm (“after/since that (time)”), from sīþ (“since, after”) + þǣm dative singular of þæt. Cognate with Dutch sinds (“since”), German seit (“since”), Danish siden (“since”), Icelandic síðan (“since”) Scots syne (“since”).

Antonyms

until, while

Scrabble Score: 7

since: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
since: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
since: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

since: valid Words With Friends Word